FDA Continues Criminalization of Natural Sweetener

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FDA CONTINUES CRIMINALIZATION OF NATURAL SWEETENER

 

The FDA is threatening the Hain Celestial Group for using the natural

sweetener stevia in its tea products. According to the FDA, stevia has

not been approved as a food and therefore the Celestial products can

not be labeled as a " tea " . Stevia, a natural sweetener derived from

South America, is widely used as a natural zero calorie sweetener in

countries around the world, including Brazil, Canada, China and Japan.

But the FDA, under pressure from corporate profiteering of synthetic

sweeteners like aspartame, has been stalling on approving stevia for

over a decade. Hain Celestial Group responded to the FDA threats and

said the company would remove the term " iced tea mix " from all labels

of the products in question and highlight the words " herbal

supplement " .

 

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